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// TERRAFORMING — PHASE 2

Atmosphere

LONG

ISRU-driven greenhouse-gas production, albedo and dust management, volatile mobilization.

// THE SEQUENCE
  1. Phase 0ModelRESEARCH
  2. Phase 1ParaterraformMID
  3. Phase 2AtmosphereLONG
  4. Phase 3ShieldLONG
  5. Phase 4BiosphereLONG
// OVERVIEW

Phase 2 is planetary-scale chemistry: ISRU-driven greenhouse-gas production, albedo and dust management, and volatile mobilization to thicken and warm an atmosphere.

This is the long-horizon work — measured in decades to centuries — where today's effort is bench-scale synthesis and rigorous modeling, not planetary action.

// WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW

Now: bench-scale ISRU greenhouse-gas synthesis and albedo modeling.

// DEPENDENCIES

Depends on production-scale ISRU and validated climate twins.

// METHODS
01

Greenhouse gases

Manufacture warming gases from in-situ feedstock.

02

Albedo & dust

Manage surface reflectivity to retain heat.

03

Volatiles

Mobilize frozen reservoirs into the atmosphere.

// RESEARCH
Planetary engineering

We don't speculate. We sequence.

Every phase has a horizon and a piece of work happening at its near edge today.

The full sequence